In a special edition of The Oregonian's news podcast, Today in Oregon, for Tuesday, Nov. 4, Election Day, 2008:

• Voters from Maine to Florida and New York to Oregon have picked Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States. With this election, America crosses a racial divide in presidential politics by nominating the first African American president in history. Obama campaigned on change, in health care, energy policy and taxes. But with the dire state of the economy will he be able to deliver? Analysts say he face huge hurdles.